| Bill Auld | |
| Birth Name: | William Auld |
| Birth Date: | 25 April 1868 |
| Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Bridge of Weir, Scotland |
| Ru Position: | Forward |
| Amatyears1: | - |
| Amatteam1: | West of Scotland |
| Provinceyears1: | 1887 |
| Provinceyears2: | 1888 |
| Province1: | Glasgow District |
| Province2: | West of Scotland District |
| Repteam1: | Scotland |
| Repyears1: | 1889-90 |
| Repcaps1: | 2 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
Bill Auld OBE (25 April 1868 – 19 July 1945) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
He played rugby union for West of Scotland.[2]
He was capped by Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 1887.[3]
He was capped by West of Scotland District in their match against East of Scotland District on 11 February 1888.[4]
Auld played twice for Scotland; in the 1889 Home Nations Championship match against Wales on 2 February 1889;[5] and in the 1890 Home Nations Championship match against Wales on 1 February 1890.[6]
He served in the First World War in the Labour Corps and was given an O.B.E. in 1919. He was active in the Territorial Army.[7]
He became a stockbroker and was well known in the Glasgow Stock Exchange. He became its chairman in 1931-32. He was a senior partner in the firm Auld and MacEwan.[7] On his death the National Probate Calendar lists Auld's address as the business address of Auld and McEwan as 24 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow; not using his home address of The Grange, Bridge of Weir.[8]
His father was William Auld; and his mother was Isabella Black Dill.
He married Winifred Alice Burton. They had one son William Connel Auld, born in 1902; and two daughters.
His son William Connel Auld married Barbara Keelan, the daughter of D.H. Keelan of India State Railways, on the 26 November 1930 in Calcutta.[9]